MUMMIFIYCATION IN EGYPT



My page is about the mummification in Egypt. There are over about 70 million mummies in the world. Mummies are man made, so they didn't do it by their self! Mummies are a body of a person that has been preserved. The egyptions believed that mummifying a person would ensure a safe afterlife.


10 facts of mummies:

  1. Mummies are naturally made by the Egyptians.

  2. There are about 70 million mummies in Egypt.

  3. =The Egyptians made mummies because they thought it caused a safe afterlife. [1]
  4. Mummies are preserved bodies from pasted Pharaoh .

  5. It took more than 70 days to make a mummy.

  6. The people had to take out all the organs before the dug up the mummy.

  7. They also had to wash the body before they took out the organs.

  8. Not only the people could be mummified a animal such as a dog could be mummified.

  9. They removed the brain and threw it away because the Egyptians thought the brain was not important.

  10. They did the opening of the mouth ceremony so the mummy could see hear and eat in the afterlife.


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